Saline Picture Frame Co.

Wow - it has been a flood of Circle of Art donations coming in this week. We passed the three hundred mark yesterday. As always we are amazed and excited by some of the treasures being dropped off. One of our favorites Circle contributors, Julie Fremuth, returned this year with two nice pieces including this wonderful diptych "Please See Me". In other Circle of Art News we have a great new carrot orange Circle T designed by graphics volunteers Kathy and Keith, a official Circle of Art poster donated by our freinds at University Litho and Mary and Courtney have launched a Circle of Art Facebook page. All we need now are free spending bidders!

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April 29, 2008

First Annual Seconds Sale on the Third

We make a lot of frames - for our Dexter and Saline stores, for our commercial and online accounts and for our online store. As we make all these frames we accumulate a lot of "seconds". Our Dexter store basement storeroom is full to the brim and we are clearing out the accumulation at bargain prices. Come and choose from hundreds of frames starting at just $2.00 and piles of standard size mat blanks (with your choice of opening cut for free) sarting at just $1.00. Help us clear the racks and take advantage of some great deals!

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April 15, 2008

Circle of Art Entry #37

Tableside by Jill Stefani Wagner

Jill Stefani Wagner is one of the very generous artists who make the Circle of Art possible. Jill is a busy and talented painter who combines a demanding day job as a principal at Wagner Design Associates with a serious career as a painter. Despite that she has donated several exquisite little watercolors to all four Circles. In past years she has taken to us to Tuscany (I bought one of those), Montana and this year back home to Northern Michigan. Take advantage of a chance to own an original water color by a talented painter and to help Food Gatherers fight hunger in our community at the same time. You can see more of Jill's work at www.jillwagnerart.com and at the River Gallery in Chelsea

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April 13, 2008

Artists Census

How many artists – performing, literary, and visual -- live and work in Washtenaw County…and why is it important to know?
As part of the county-wide cultural plan project, Dexter Picture Frame Company is working with the Arts Alliance to determine how many artists and creative individuals live and work in Washtenaw County. Why? Because artists are the spark that ignites our county’s creativity -- but without knowing how many painters, writers or photographers there are here, it’s hard to give individual artists the credibility and respect (not to mention the services) they deserve.
Artists of all types – visual, literary and performing, of any age and educational background – are encouraged to participate. The census is entirely confidential and includes only 10 questions.
If you’re an artist, take the census! If you know other artists, encourage them to take the census! This is an effort that will only succeed if we, as a community, work together!
Link to the Survey - http://www.artscount.org

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April 12, 2008

Graduation Time

It's that time of year again - a new crop of bright eyed, fresh faced young graduates marching out into the world. We salute these young scholars as the hope of the future and encourage them to display their new credentials proudly. Our Letterman diploma frame will do the job nicely. At just $99.00 (a paltry sum compared to those tuition bills)it make a great gift for your favorite graduate. Order yours at Saline, Dexter or at the Picture Frame Co. Online

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April 05, 2008

Turning Art into Food

Things are ramping up for the 2008 Circle of Art. Above is the new Circle of Art graphic created by volunteers R. Keith McGuire of Inner Eye, Inc. and Kathy Rhadigan. We are thrilled with the new logo and the tag-line "Turning Art into Food", both of which capture the spirit of The Circle of Art. The artist donations are beginning to stream in and more than 50 of them are up on the website ready for your bids. Our resident tech guy, Brian Katke, has been furiously slinging code and has greatly streamlined the online bidding process. Give it a try and get the party started!

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